* AIIMS doctor Dr Amit Gupta says autopsy report of Gopinath Munde has been sent to the Delhi Police. Gupta adds that contrary to previous claims, Munde did not suffer heart attack but internal injuries caused the heart to stop. The Union Minister suffered internal injuries in abdomen and neck and there was fracture separation of cervical vertebra between C1 and C2 (atlanto-axial joint) associated with transaction of spinal cord. The wound was associated with laceration of vertebral artery with other neck vessels and muscles and hemantoma measuring about 1,000 cc, the report mentions. Read more

* As soon as Gopinath Munde was cremated, some agitated supporters went on a rampage, demanding CBI probe into union minister's death in an accident. The supporters torched police vans, other vehicles and gheraoed Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's car, while he was on his way to a helipad.

* Gopinath Munde's body was cremated with full state honours in his hometown, Parli, in Maharashtra's Beed district. His elder daughter, Pankaja, lit his pyre.

* The last rites of Gopinath Munde are underway in Parli

* Chaos, emotional scenes at Parli as Gopinath Munde's supporters throng the site of his funeral. His elder daughter Pankaja appeals to the crowd to keep calm as police struggle to control the crowds

The Union Cabinet on Tuesday condoled the death of Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde and said that in his demise the country has lost a visionary leader who was held in high esteem across the political spectrum. A special cabinet meeting convened this evening to mourn Munde's death passed a resolution to place on record its appreciation of his services to the nation in different capacities both at the state and national levels. Read More

*Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday condoled untimely demise of BJP leader and Union Rural Development Minister Gopinath Munde as a great loss to the nation. Read More

* Political differences blurred as Congress President Sonia Gandhi wrote a personal letter to Union Minister Gopinath Munde's family condoling his death and Rahul Gandhi visited the BJP office to pay respects to the departed leader. Read More.

* The BJP leaders in Goa today recalled Gopinath Munde as the 'brain behind BJP-Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) alliance in the state' and mettle behind party's success in Goa.
The current Manohar Parrikar-led government is a BJP-MGP alliance, the union of like-minded parties conceived in the year 1994. Read More.

* Gopinath Munde’s liver was ruptured in the road accident and he suffered a cardiac arrest due to shock, as per preliminary postmortem report: reports

* In her condolence message, the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, said that “We had hoped to work in close coordination with him towards the development of the nation, but that couldn’t be. May God give his family courage and strength to bear this irreparable loss.”

* Gopinath Munde's body being taken to Delhi airport, from where it will be flown to Mumbai.

* Gopinath Munde's family reaches AIIMS. Munde's elder daughter is accompanied by Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goel. After the post-mortem is completed Munde's body will be taken to BJP headquarters in Delhi where party leaders will pay their last respects.

* The post mortem on the body of the union minister is currently being carried out in AIIMS, following which it will be moved to the BJP headquarters in Ashoka road.*His funeral will be held in his village in Beed district tomorrow. BJP leaders are all presently heading to AIIMS to pay their condolences. Meanwhile Munde's family is currently en route to Delhi from Mumbai. Meanwhile Maharashtra opposition leader Vinod Tawde had tweeted this out:

The OBC face of BJP in Maharashtra and former Deputy Chief Minister, Gopinath Munde, who had joined the Union Cabinet for the first time a week back, was all set to spearhead the party's campaign in the upcoming Assembly polls in the state to wrest power from the Congress-NCP combine.

The 64-year-old Rural Development Minister, who died today following a road accident here, was a five-time MLA and had always harboured the ambition of becoming first BJP Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Here is vice president Hamid Ansari's statement on the death of Gopinath Munde: I am profoundly saddened at the passing away of Shri Gopi Nath Munde, the Union Minister for Rural Development in a tragic road accident today.

Shri Munde was amongst the most prominent political leaders of Maharashtra who had a long and illustrious public life during which he served his state and the country in various capacities with great distinction. In his departure, we have lost a distinguished public servant whose absence will be felt by one and all. I convey my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family. I pray to the Almighty to give them strength and fortitude to bear this loss.”

Very sorry to hear about the tragic & untimely death of Gopinath Munde. May his soul rest in peace & I pray his family find strength.

* Shocked to hear the sad demise of Gopinath Munde a personal friend and a great leader. My heartfelt condolences to the Family- Digvijaya Singh

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Anand Mahindra also tweeted condolences over the sudden loss of a prolific leader. "R.I.P Gopinath Munde. A cruel twist in a tale of recent triumph. And a humbling reminder that we are not the writers of our own stories."

* It is extremely shocking. I still cannot believe he is not between us- Prakash Javadekar,BJP on Gopinath Munde

Munde was en route to Indira Gandhi International airport to take a flight to Mumbai when the accident occurred at around 6.20 am in Delhi's Moti Bagh area, not far from senior BJP leader LK Advani. His car was involved in a head-on collision with another car, an Indica, at Aurobindo Chowk. Munde was travelling with a personal security guard and his personal driver. The driver of the Indica has been arrested and preliminary inquiries are in progress.

According to his private secretary, who spoke to dna, though not physically injured in the accident, Munde suffered a massive cardiac arrest. He asked for a glass of water, which he drank, and then told his driver to rush him to hospital. He then collapsed in the car.​ He was rushed to the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) trauma centre at 6.30.

According to doctors at AIIMS, when Munde arrived at the hospital, he had no blood pressure, he was not breathing, and there was no pulse. Doctors carried out CPR on him for 50 minutes, but failed to revive him after his heart failed to function. Munde was a diabetes patient and also suffered from hypertension. He was declared dead at 7.20 am. Doctors say, clinically, he died from a cardiac arrest since no cardiac activity was detectable.

Former BJP president and Union Transport Minister NitinGadkari and Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Vardhan, spoke to the media, and confirmed the news of Munde's death. Harsh Vardhan said Munde had no external, physical injuries apart from an abrasion on his nose. The cause of death will be determined only after a post mortem.

Munde's body will be taken to the BJP headquarters at 11 Ashoka road for party leaders to pay their last respects. Gadkari said Munde's body will be flown by a special chartered flight to Latur airport in Maharahstra on Tuesday evening, from where he will be taken to his village, Parali, in Beed district for his last rites, which will be performed on Wednesday.